REVIEW: Stiff by Mary Roach
REVIEW SUMMARY: An entertaining and educational read MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Discussion of the various things that happen to human cadavers MY REVIEW: PROS: Humorous, [...]
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REVIEW: The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume III
REVIEW SUMMARY: Another must-have for anybody who likes short sf. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A collection of the short story, novelette and novella winners of the Nebula [...]
REVIEW: Altered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
REVIEW SUMMARY: It’s like a Tivo for your brain. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In a future where memories can be digitally recorded, one man must solve a murder mystery. [...]
REVIEW: Twistor by John Cramer
REVIEW SUMMARY: Excellent, page-turning hard sf thriller MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A physicist accidentally invents a device that opens doors into a parallel dimension. MY [...]
REVIEW: Deepdrive by Alexander Jablokov
REVIEW SUMMARY: The right ingredients, the wrong recipe. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: The adventures of a ragtag team of anti-heroes caught up in a complicated, manipulative [...]
REVIEW: The Phoenix Exultant by John C. Wright
REVIEW SUMMARY: A sequel that is as superb as its predecessor MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Phaethon, exiled from Utopia, seeks to reclaim control of his space exploration ship, [...]
REVIEW: The Wrong Reflection by Gillian Bradshaw
REVIEW SUMMARY: A predictable mediocre piece of fiction mis-marketed as sf MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: An amnesiac car crash victim does not believe he is who people say he [...]
REVIEW: Little, Big by John Crowley
REVIEW SUMMARY: MY RATING: SYNOPSIS: (from the back cover) little, big tells the epic story of Smoky Barnable – an anonymous young man who meets and falls in love with [...]
REVIEW: The Golden Age by John C. Wright
REVIEW SUMMARY: An engrossing tale that involves the reader on many levels. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In an interplanetary Utopian society, Phaethon is a rebel who must [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Blue Light by Walter Mosley
REVIEW SUMMARY: An excellent, well-told, page-turning horror/fantasy hybrid. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A mysterious blue light originating from space endows several people [...]
REVIEW: The Space Merchants by Frederik Pohl and C.M. Kornbluth
REVIEW SUMMARY: Satire showing the power of advertising taken to the extreme. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Advertising associate Mitch Courtenay is assigned to run the stolen [...]
REVIEW: Light by M. John Harrison
REVIEW SUMMARY: A literary excursion that worked for many, but not for me. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Three alternating centered around the mysterious, luminous space entity [...]
REVIEW: The Forever Machine by Clifton & Riley
REVIEW SUMMARY: An excellent story that keeps your interest MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A super intelligent computer and rejuvenation machine is feared by an opinion [...]
REVIEW: Fallen Dragon by Peter F. Hamilton
REVIEW SUMMARY: A good book, but a bit lengthy for the story it told. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A corporate soldier intends to steal a mysterious treasure but must get past [...]
REVIEW: Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
REVIEW SUMMARY: A well written, humorous, action-packed story, if you ignore the parts dealing with the whole Sumerian legend stuff. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Near-future, [...]
REVIEW: Future War
REVIEW SUMMARY: Stories ranging from boring to excellent MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Collection of ten war-themed short stories. MY REVIEW: PROS: Some stories were hugely [...]
REVIEW: Ceres Storm
Ceres Storm is David Herter’s foray into Space Opera style SF. As I really enjoyed Herter’s first novel, Evening’s Empire, I was looking forward to reading [...]
REVIEW: Evening’s Empire
Evening’s Empire is David Herter’s second book, but the first one of his that I have read. Wow, I was blown away. I first encountered this book from a review on [...]
REVIEW: Chasm City
John asked for it, John got it. REVIEW SUMMARY: Murder and revenge in a ‘hard SF’ setting. MY RATING: 4.5/5 This is the second book Alastair Reynolds, and it [...]
REVIEW: Celestial Matters
Review Summary: Alternate history set in Ancient Greece My Rating: 4/5 Celestial Matters is Richard Garfinkle’s first novel, and what a novel it is. Garfinkle has [...]
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